--- title: As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison, they sent a letter… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison, they sent a letter to the Princess telling her to pack up all her treasures as quickly as possible, and come to them, as the King of the Peacocks was waiting to marry her; but they did not say that they were in prison, for fear of making her uneasy. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/) / 105 # The Red Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, sentence 105 As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison, they sent a letter to the Princess telling her to pack up all her treasures as quickly as possible, and come to them, as the King of the Peacocks was waiting to marry her; but they did not say that they were in prison, for fear of making her uneasy. **Who acts:** King, Princess, fear, Rosette · **What happens:** have, stay, send, tell, pack up, come · **To what, where:** prison, letter, Princess, Rosette, treasures, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Princess Rosette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Princess, fear, Rosette), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg540:11:105 # text = As the King and the Prince had to stay in prison, they sent a letter to the Princess telling her to pack up all her treasures as quickly as possible, and come to them, as the King of the Peacocks was waiting to marry her; but they did not say that they were in prison, for fear of making her uneasy. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pack pack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 63 of of SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 64 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 65 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King and the Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | the King and the Prince *not said here* | | | prison | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in prison=Location | | 3 | **send** | past | King | a letter | the Princess | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to princess=Destination | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | Rosette | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **pack up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | Rosette's treasures | | | | quickly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | King *not said here* | | King | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **wait** | past · progressive | the King of the Peacocks | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the King of the Peacocks *not said here* | Rosette | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | King | | | prison and fear | | | tree rules | | 11 | **make** | gerund | fear *not said here* | | | | | uneasy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 12 | **treasure** | | Rosette | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/106/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)